Storytelling in an EFL classroom

Ivana Radulović

&

Zorka Radonjić

Let us tell you a story!

“In thousands of languages, in the most diverse climes, from century to century…it is the story of the human condition that is being spun and that men never weary of telling to one another.”(I.Andrić)

Why storytelling?

Is it possible?

YES! Is it necessary?

DEFINITELY YES! When?

From the very beginning till they fly away!

How?

- Realia

- Sounds

- Video clips

- Pictures/Images

- Newspapers articles

- Story cubes

- Posters, etc

What for?

-Vocabulary & Grammar

1. Warmers

2. Breakers

3. Fillers

- Interactive storytelling

- Digital storytelling

- TPR storytelling

Some practical ideas...

• Stories from

WHAT IS AN INTERACTIVE

STORYTELLING? Story + Interaction A story follows Stories have a complex

an interesting protagonist structure, are usually

seeking a clear goal about people rather

by addressing than things and

an ever-escalating involve conflict

set of difficulties.” Andrew Glassner Chris Crawford

Josiah Lebowitz and Chris Klug

Project-based

Learning

Self-expression

Reflection, Engagement

Accessible,

Immediate

&

Mobile

Technology Literacy

Skills

Project-based

Learning

Self-

expression

Reflection,

Engagement

Accessible, immediate

&

Mobile

Technology,

Literacy

&

Skills

Digital storytelling ideas

‘’Movie trailer”for a book, article,

historical period, an event

Dramatising pieces of literature

Parodies of famous television and movie

scenes Virtual tour

Story told from a perspective of an

object

Personal narrative Documentaries

Story constructed from still images

Reenactment-

Historical interview

LISTEN

WATCH IMITATE LEARN

TOTAL PHYSICAL RESPONSE

TPR STORYTELLING

TPR STORYTELLING

• Great fun

• Easy

• Simple

• Inclusive

• Active

• Perfect for building

vocabulary

• Engaging

The manner of telling and the form of the story vary according to periods and circumstances, but the taste for telling and retelling a story remains the same: the narrative flows endlessly and never runs dry.(I.Andrić) –USE IT!

ALONE WE CAN

DO SO LITTLE

TOGETHER WE CAN DO

SO MUCH!

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